Exercising or molding tool for facial treatments



Aug-6, 1929. A FlsHER 1,723,024

EXERCISING OR MOLDING TOOL FOR FACIAL TR EATME NTS Filed Feb. 1927 A'h'na fii F'z sheg I Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES ANNA. M. FISHER, OF L053 CALIFOBI-TIA.

EXERGISING 0R IiIGLDIliG T093 FGR TREATMENTS.

Application filed February This invention relates to beautifying implements and more particularly to tools for treating and exercising the skin and muscles of the face.

In giving facial treatments it is frequently desirable to apply creams and the like for cleansing the pores, the cream being worked into and out of the pores, and the face muscles being at the same time exercised and moulded to give them strength and firmness and to promote a thoroughly healthy condi tion thereof.

The object of the invention is to provid a tool for beauty parlor work which will efiiciently perform these functions, may be used with unusual results, and when used in rolling the face will get into the various hollows, corners, creases and other depressions of the face, thereby working the cream into the pores at every point and exercising the skinand muscles and smoothing out the fine lines, without at any time bringing the hands of the operator into contact with the patients skin.

Briefly stated, the implement of this invention comprises a handle to which is affixed an axially alined, elongated, yieleable flesh-engaging element, preferably tapered. This element should be composed of a resilient material which has the capacity of tending to cling to the surface of the skin as it is passed thereover, thereby eXert ing a sort of traction which serves to draw or pull at the skin. For example, such material may be of live or soft rubber, and the element may be in the form of a sheath fitted over a mandrel or stem formed as an extension of the handle. I

In the accompanying drawings wherein one embodiment is shown by way of illustration,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view representing how the implement may be manipulated.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the implement.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section therethrough on line 8-3 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4l of Fig. 2.

The tool comprises a handle 10 having in line therewith a mandrel or stem 12 upon which is mounted a resilient and flexible sheath 14c which is the important feature of the invention. The outer portion of this sheath is tapered as is the mandrel and the tip of the tapered portion indicated at 15 preferably extends beyond the end of the mandrel so that it is not directly supported thereby and thus is somewhat more flexible and yielding in its action than is the body of the sheath.

Conveniently, the sheath is a soft and yieldin body of live rubber, which probably is the best material, although other mate rials having similar characteristics may be employed, at least for some purposes. Such material should be capable of clinging to the skin of the face as the tool is moved over it, and of tending to draw and pull at the muscles even when the tool is rolled. As an example, vulcanized oil ordinarily would make a good substitute for rubber, although its clinging and pulling qualities as it is commonly prepared usually are not so good as those of the soft rubbers.

Said resilient sheathing is tapered as indicated, being thereby adapted to be rolled into the corners around the eyes and into the depressions between the cheeks and nose, and into similar creases and hollows. The value of the tip of the tool is enhanced and its functions in acting upon the skin are materially improved by reason of its unsup ported or flexible extension beyond the end of the mandrel 12, since thus said tip is free to yield more readily to the hollows in the face and to follow such depressions as the tool is rolled over the skin.

In using the tool, the face ordinarily first receives an application of cleansing cream, skin food or other preparation which is to be worked and rolled into the pores. Either with or with out such application, the tool is applied to the face and rotated to cause the same to roll over the skin. In so doing it tends to cling to the surface, with the result that the resilient sheath 14: pulls and tugs gently at the surface of the skin and thereby exercises the tiny cord-like muscles and moulds the flabby tissues. The fine lines are smoothed out, the pores cxercised and rolled and the cleansing prep-ax.. tion worked t icrcinto. The tapered portion of the tool easily follows the curves and depressions and acts upon them readily as upon any other part, thus assuring uni form treatment of the entire face. By this treatment, the circulation of the blood is improved, a generally healthy condition is induced, the facial. muscles are strengthened and hardened, and the flesh is firmed.

What I claim is:

A facial massage device comprising a handle member formed of a rigid material, said handle having an elongated cylindrical end formed integral therewith, said end being of a less diameter than the handle end, whereby to form an annular abutment, and a cylindrical rubber sheath having a tapered outer end engaging the cylindrical end of the handle member, the inner end engaging the annular abutment.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I 10 have hereunto subscribed my name this 25th day of January, 1927.

ANNA M. FISHER. 

